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D. W. JONES.

SIDE SADDLE.

110. 421,406. Patented Peb. 18, 1890.

Wf'fnfssem UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL IV. JONES, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

SIDE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.` 421,406, datedFebruary 18, 1890. Application filed October 5, 1889. Serial No.826,117. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. JoNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and Territory ofUtah, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Side-Saddles, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in side-saddles; and it consistsin a certain construction, more specifically hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part 0f this specification,and in which like letters denote like parts in all of the figures,Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a top or plan view, of a saddlemade in accordance with this invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe slotted plate, the horn, the leaphorn, and the stirrup-loop, alldetached from the saddle in order that the parts may be more clearlydistinguished. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 3.Figs. 5 and 6 are respectivelya side and plan view of a friction helicalspring interposed to hold the horns, dac., from turning.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the seat of the saddle,preferably made cupped or hollowed, as shown, to iit the bodyof therider. y

B is the cantle, C the jockey, D the housing, E the skirt-leather, and Fthe stirrup.

G indicates the horn, H the leap-horn, and J the stirrup-loop.

Secured iirmly to the saddle-tree, by screws passing through holes m, isthe slotted metal plate M, having the slot M lying in the direction ofthe length of the saddle. It is in this slot the horn, the leap-horn,and the stirrup-loop are supported and secured and made simultaneouslyadjustable to any point in its length. As an entirely convenient meansof securing these parts together and to the slot, I iind the followingto be well adapted: Upon the head of the stirrup-loop J is aiiixed aright-handed screw-bolt K. It is better that the head K of this boltshould be squared to t into a rabbet m under the slot-plate, so that thestirrup-loop and bolt cannot turn in the slot. The jockey-leather is cutwith an aperture, so that the raised rim 'm2 of the slot-plate may passthrough, and it is this rim only which is visible from the exterior.After the bolt K is inserted through the slot a washer 7s is placed uponit, and then the leap-horn iron l-l is placed over the bolt, and finallythe horn G, which is tapped with a screw-threaded aperture g, is screwedupon the bolt after the spring N has been interposed. The leap-horn H,provided with a lefthanded screw H2, is screwed into a threaded apertureh in the leaphorn iron H. The parts are thus all connected together andadj ustably held to the slotted plate. To adjust backward or forward inthe slot, the pressure is loosened, and when the desired slidingmovement has been Inade the parts are lixed in the new positionbyscrewing up the horn against the spring. By means of this spring Nsufcient pressure may be produced to hold the parts from turning on thescrew when in use, while at the same time capability of placing the hornin proper vertical position is kept, as the yielding of the spring willalways permit the horn to be turned to position after it is sufficientlytight to hold in use.

The reason why a right-handed screw is used in connection with theattachment of the horn and a left-handed thread in connection with theleaphorn is because the tendency of the weight or force of the riderwill thus be caused to tighten instead of loosen the screws, supposing,of course, the saddle to be an American saddle with the horns on theleft side.

In the case of the Spanish saddle, which has the horns on the rightside, the direction of the threads above specified should be preciselyreversed.

I claim-- l. The combination, in a side-saddle, of the slottedmetalplate secured to the tree, thel horn secured by a screw-bolt to theInetal plate, and an interposed spring, substantially as specilied.

2. The combination, in a Sidesaddle, of the slotted metal plate securedto the tree, the stirrup-loop provided with a threaded bolt passingthrough the slot, the interposed spring, and the horn screwed onto thebolt, substantially as specified.

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3. The combination, in a side-saddle, ot' the being of opposite turn,substantially :is speoislotted metal plate secured to the tree, theiied. stirrup-loop provided with a threaded bolt passing through theslot, the interposed DANIEL WY' JONES' 5 spring, the interposedleap-horn iron, the horn Witnesses:

screwed onto the bolt, and the leap-horn J oHN W. MUNDAY,

screwed onto the leap-horn iron, the threads H. M. MUNDAY.

